First thing, why have you titled the thread “sforzando” no sound?

Sforzando is an add on synth that supplies sounds for about 2% of the MIDI tracks. The other 98% will be the default synth, which is Coyote GM. That works by default, and if you aren’t hearing MIDI, you should confirm that it is set as the default using Coyote as Chantelle from PG Music has described above with a screenshot.

There isn’t any known problem with MIDI in 2021 (or 2020 for that matter), so something must be not set correctly in your setup.

First step, does your menu - options - midi driver look like the picture in Chantelle’s message above?

Have Fun!
Peter Gannon
PG Music Inc.